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<blockquote data-quote="boombastic" data-source="post: 1142572" data-attributes="member: 562985">What are you driving?&nbsp; Are the stock speakers really that decent?&nbsp; My first move has always been to replace the factory speakers with actual 2-way or 3-way speakers.&nbsp; Most factory speakers use whizzer cones to produce the highs and alot of the middle, it is a terrible way to produce sound, but extremely cost effective.&nbsp; Changing out your mid and high will produce an instant change in your listening quality, plus at high volume, you won&#039;t experience ear-fatigue as soon.&nbsp; Check out Sony&#039;s Xplod line - they sell at Rex for about $30 a pair - pretty decent for the price.My second move is to add an amp to those speakers I installed in the factory locations.Third move - add a sub.&nbsp; I&#039;m a space freak - I hate giving up cargo room, thus I try to put it somewhere it won&#039;t intrude.&nbsp; Subs provide an amazing improvement to a system, although I put them third in line because people all too often don&#039;t upgrade their mid/highs (or give them enough power) and end up having a really booming system that drowns out the mid/highs from the factory.The Infinity Kappa line is great, you&#039;ll be really happy with it.&nbsp; They are also very efficient, thus they don&#039;t need a lot of power to realy drive them.&nbsp; You may want to look at an amp that pushes 100x2 that can bridge to 250 x1 (or somewhere in that range). The sub will have plenty of power and when you do upgrade further, you can move that amp to your mid/highs and power the Kappa with an amp bridged to around 400 watts.&nbsp; Honestly, with where your project is at, I wouldn&#039;t worry about the name brand of the amp - look at sony or kenwood.&nbsp; They are economical and will hold up over time.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="boombastic, post: 1142572, member: 562985"] What are you driving? Are the stock speakers really that decent? My first move has always been to replace the factory speakers with actual 2-way or 3-way speakers. Most factory speakers use whizzer cones to produce the highs and alot of the middle, it is a terrible way to produce sound, but extremely cost effective. Changing out your mid and high will produce an instant change in your listening quality, plus at high volume, you won't experience ear-fatigue as soon. Check out Sony's Xplod line - they sell at Rex for about $30 a pair - pretty decent for the price. My second move is to add an amp to those speakers I installed in the factory locations. Third move - add a sub. I'm a space freak - I hate giving up cargo room, thus I try to put it somewhere it won't intrude. Subs provide an amazing improvement to a system, although I put them third in line because people all too often don't upgrade their mid/highs (or give them enough power) and end up having a really booming system that drowns out the mid/highs from the factory. The Infinity Kappa line is great, you'll be really happy with it. They are also very efficient, thus they don't need a lot of power to realy drive them. You may want to look at an amp that pushes 100x2 that can bridge to 250 x1 (or somewhere in that range). The sub will have plenty of power and when you do upgrade further, you can move that amp to your mid/highs and power the Kappa with an amp bridged to around 400 watts. Honestly, with where your project is at, I wouldn't worry about the name brand of the amp - look at sony or kenwood. They are economical and will hold up over time. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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